Have we mentioned that Open Source Sucks?
It does. Open Source examples would be things like Linux. Why do we say so? It really comes down to documentation and support. There are NO good reference manuals for open source programs. People want to pretend that there is documentation but when you start looking for a specific question, there are no answers. There is then no one you can turn to, point a finger at, or even blame because the answer always comes back to: "It's free" "You come up with the answer and then post it" or other things that are not helpful at 2am in the morning when you are looking for a fix or you are under a deadline to get something completed.
This idea of not liking open source is about a 50/50 thing within the Internet community. There are loads of people that find no problem with Open Source technology, we at LTOL are just not one of them.
Gartner, one of the leading if not the leading IT technical resource in the industry did a study that compared Microsoft vs Linux technologies and if there was any money to be saved. Gartner's research showed that NO MONEY WAS SAVED by going to Open Source. So, we suggest you give it some thought yourselves and well make your own decisions.
Lastly, it is really hard to find working, supported software that works well with the O/S. Others might disagree? And they can, this is just what we at LTOL have found and now, strongly believe.
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